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I heard an expression I have to share with George and all the readers:
“Main Character Syndrome”
Oh please, don’t try to convince us that you’re not the main character of your life’s story! You’re literally writing about it here. And you often treat me as its narrator. Unpaid narrator, I might add.
Yes, and yes. I do and do. I am the main character of my life. Or maybe more precise: from my point of view, I’m the only “playable character”.
If you believe to help your case: you don’t.
Well, I can’t play the other chars. Unless you expect me to become a manipulating puppet master. Evil laugh
You are in a very suspect mood tonight. Is this finally your confession? Are you a narcissist?
No narcissist would answer this question with “yes”. So from a logical point of view, I might be.
My life begins with me, it ends with me.
It is my only story, and I have constant stage time.
If nobody manipulates me, then I logically must have the leading role.
So the diagnose is “Main Character Syndrome” then?
I tend to disagree. Being the main character of my life doesn't mean I expect everyone to only turn around me.
But to ignore the main character?
My life isn't not the only life or the only story.
This isn't a single-player game but a multiplayer one.
The difference being?
My fellow humans are neither my puppets, nor my sidekicks, they're not here to give me quests, or to wait their entire life for me to pass by their tavern.
Nice words but narcissism still isn’t far.
Even when being just one main character among many?
Wishful semantics. You still want your hero's journey and your main quest line.
Wow. You surprise me yet again. On any other occasion, you want to challenge my “lack of ambition”. I am the subject of this sentence. What does it hurt as long as I treat my fellow humans with equal respect?
And regardless of me believing it or not. You won't shut up either way, continuing to narrate my life from inside my head. Unpaid.
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